LeetCode Solutions
632. Smallest Range Covering Elements from K Lists
Time: $O(n^2\log k)$, where $n = |\texttt{nums}|$ Space: $O(k)$
struct T {
int i;
int j;
int num; // nums[i][j]
T(int i, int j, int num) : i(i), j(j), num(num) {}
};
class Solution {
public:
vector<int> smallestRange(vector<vector<int>>& nums) {
auto compare = [&](const T& a, const T& b) { return a.num > b.num; };
priority_queue<T, vector<T>, decltype(compare)> minHeap(compare);
int mini = INT_MAX;
int maxi = INT_MIN;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); ++i) {
const int num = nums[i][0];
minHeap.emplace(i, 0, num);
mini = min(mini, num);
maxi = max(maxi, num);
}
int minRange = mini;
int maxRange = maxi;
while (minHeap.size() == nums.size()) {
const auto [i, j, _] = minHeap.top();
minHeap.pop();
if (j + 1 < nums[i].size()) {
minHeap.emplace(i, j + 1, nums[i][j + 1]);
maxi = max(maxi, nums[i][j + 1]);
mini = minHeap.top().num;
if (maxi - mini < maxRange - minRange) {
minRange = mini;
maxRange = maxi;
}
}
}
return {minRange, maxRange};
}
};
class T {
public int i;
public int j;
public int num; // nums[i][j]
public T(int i, int j, int num) {
this.i = i;
this.j = j;
this.num = num;
}
}
class Solution {
public int[] smallestRange(List<List<Integer>> nums) {
Queue<T> minHeap = new PriorityQueue<>((a, b) -> a.num - b.num);
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for (int i = 0; i < nums.size(); ++i) {
final int num = nums.get(i).get(0);
minHeap.offer(new T(i, 0, num));
min = Math.min(min, num);
max = Math.max(max, num);
}
int minRange = min;
int maxRange = max;
while (minHeap.size() == nums.size()) {
final int i = minHeap.peek().i;
final int j = minHeap.poll().j;
if (j + 1 < nums.get(i).size()) {
minHeap.offer(new T(i, j + 1, nums.get(i).get(j + 1)));
max = Math.max(max, nums.get(i).get(j + 1));
min = minHeap.peek().num;
}
if (max - min < maxRange - minRange) {
minRange = min;
maxRange = max;
}
}
return new int[] {minRange, maxRange};
}
}
class Solution:
def smallestRange(self, nums: List[List[int]]) -> List[int]:
minHeap = [(row[0], i, 0) for i, row in enumerate(nums)]
heapq.heapify(minHeap)
maxRange = max(row[0] for row in nums)
minRange = heapq.nsmallest(1, minHeap)[0][0]
ans = [minRange, maxRange]
while len(minHeap) == len(nums):
num, r, c = heapq.heappop(minHeap)
if c + 1 < len(nums[r]):
heapq.heappush(minHeap, (nums[r][c + 1], r, c + 1))
maxRange = max(maxRange, nums[r][c + 1])
minRange = heapq.nsmallest(1, minHeap)[0][0]
if maxRange - minRange < ans[1] - ans[0]:
ans[0], ans[1] = minRange, maxRange
return ans